On 2022-07-23 01:21, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 18:45 -0700, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a friend who owned http://www.nationwidedr.com/ .  It expired >> along with his hosting while he was in the hospital. >> >> I get the domain was available to be registered. >> >> Here is the interesting part.  Somehow the new domain owner also was >> able to get his WordPress website complete with all of his business >> content.  It appears not to have been changed. > > This is technically possible, but I'm pretty sure it's a copyright > violation on the > part of the new domain owner. > > As far as the domain itself, you snooze you lose. The LEAP-CF LUG in > Orlando lost > its domain and it proved too expensive to get it back. Same happened to > VimOutliner.Org. I get my friend was negligent. For any domain that one values it should be registered for 10 years. > > LOL, on the other hand, my buddy had RepairProcess.Com (I have > Troubleshooters.Com, > so I think you can see the relation). When he decided to let it go, he > asked me if I > wanted it and I said no, so he just let it lapse. A couple years later > I figured, > what the heck, it's only fifteen bucks, so I grabbed it and still have > it. Sometimes > abandoned domains just sit there. > Both are really good domains. I used to wants domains, kind of like a hobby. I did not expand much time, however I was able to scoop up a few nice ones. I really try to limit the number of domains I hold because I can only do so many projects. > SteveT > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss